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with, a powdery or glaucous bloom ; the fruit is furrowed by the pro- 

 jecting fleshy scales, particularly near the apex. It forms a very orna- 

 mental shrub or small tree growing from six to twelve feet in height ; 

 when old it has a straight stem, but when young it is much branched ; 

 the branchlets numerous, and the branches short, spreading, and more 

 or less cylindrical. Its native habitat is Asia Minor and Syria, and 

 like most of the junipers, it is sufficiently hardy for the climate of 

 Britain. 



JUNIPERUS MaCROCARPA : The Large-Fruited Juniper. 



This is a large-leaved and large-fruited form of the common Juniper, 

 having its leaves in whorls of threes, lanceolate, comparatively broad, 

 keeled on their under face, with two furrows or groves on the upper 

 face; and glaucous grey in colour. The berries are comparatively 

 large, plum-like, dark purple in colour, and covered with a glaucous 

 violet bloom when ripe. It attains to heights of from five to ten feet; 

 and is found on the coasts of Barbary and the Mediterranean, and is 

 more or less plentiful in Austria, Greece, Spain, and Sicily, and hardy 

 enough for cultivation in this country. 



JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS : The Prickly-Cedar Juniper. 



This, again, is only an altered form of the common European 

 Junijjer, and found more or less plentiful in the Azores, the Canary 

 Islands, Spain, and Portugal. The Indians call it " Cedro," the 

 Trench " Genievre, or Genevrier," the Spaniards " Ebra," and the 

 Italians Ginepro." It grows to heights of from five to ten feet, but 

 in the warm valleys of Teneriffe it attains much larger dimensions, and 

 being found in so many and dissimilar soils, altitudes, and climates, it 

 i?, as a matter of course, much influenced in its stature as well as in 

 the size of its leaves and berries. In all of its distinguishing cha- 

 racteristics, however, it is more nearly related to the quasi-species 

 Macrocarjpa than to the prototype Communis, When from the Medi- 

 terranean coasts it is sufficiently hardy for the climate of Britain ; but 

 when from the Canary Islands, or Tenerifi'e valleys, it is at first and 

 for a time, somewhat delicate and tender, in this country. ^ 



JUNIPERUS RiGIDA : The Eigid-Leaved Juniper. 



This might be termed the Chinese form of the common Juniper. It 

 attains heights of from ten to twenty feet, forming a very handsome 

 little tree ; and in a young state a very beautiful and graceful looking 

 slirub, with somewhat drooping branches, and slender pendent branch- 

 lets. It is hardy enough for our climate. 



The Caucasian or Taurian Juniper — by some QoM^di— Communis 



